Re: Bitmaps, Icons, Cursors

  • From: "inthaneelf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:57:55 -0700

hello, 

Steven, for freehand work you could use a renewable white or black plastic 
board of some sort, and" draw" things on it with something called wikki stix, 
there a colored waxed string about 6 inches long that will adhere to almost any 
surface that is not oily or wet, and sometimes even the wet ones. then you 
could scan the image and turn it into the format you need. 

you can find information on, and order packages of wikki stix at:
www.wikkistix.com/product/820s.htm

your application idea sounds good, very good in fact, I am wondering if the 
application who's source code is up on my grab bag site: 
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
down in the made handy and useful ... section (hit num row 3 for skipping down 
the headers to the section, then tab once to get to its download link)

its an accessible UML application and it's source code so it can be improved 
upon, ken would this be useful? 

and ken, I will be very interested in your application myself, sounds 
interesting.  

rather puts me in mind of the old main frame figure printing routines that used 
*'s X's and 0's to form images, and was used by the programmers to make some 
rather interesting picture calendars and the like, girns. 

HTH, 
inthane
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen S. Disbrow 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:10 PM
  Subject: Bitmaps, Icons, Cursors


  Hi,
      Maybe this is a silly question, but does anyone know of a accessible 
program for creating bitmaps, icons, cursors, and the like? I was thinking of 
something that presented a grid, and told you which cell you were in, and 
allowed you to pick what you wanted to set for that cell, and any other 
properties that are necessary for the item being created. We would have to 
visualize the picture in our heads.I often think that we could create a tactile 
representation, and than translate it into a grid pattern.

  Steve D.

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